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Angus Taylor has won the Liberal Party leadership in a decisive 34-17 ballot victory over Sussan Ley, who held the position for nine months. The Friday morning spill followed a mass frontbench exodus and was triggered by the party's polling collapse to below 20 percent primary support—historic lows—while One Nation surged to nearly 30 percent.
The partyroom is now voting on deputy leadership, with Taylor facing the challenge of uniting a fractured opposition amid what senior senators described as a "change or die moment" for the party.
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